sergio leone wrote: > I have loaded the ubuntu and it looks good and easy well done but I cant get > the video player to go and I tried to get yahoo and msn and bits I needed > but it wont take the down loads .where do I go to get a good dvd player and > yahoo and msn and the bits I need thx > > For MSN and Yahoo Instant messaging you can use a program called Gaim, you should be able to find this under the menu "Applications > Internet > Gaim Instant Messenger
Once open you can then add your MSN and Yahoo accounts. For DVD playback please see this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats skip down to Playing encrypted DVDs (most DVDs are encrypted) This will install the ability to decrypt the DVDs - For legal reasons ubuntu can't ship this with it installed I recommend mplayer as your DVD playing program instructions on how to install can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MPlayer If you don't want to read up you can just do this: Go to System menu > Administration > Synaptic package manager > Settings > Repositories > tick software restricted by copyright or legal issues > click apply > click reload > click search > enter "mplayer" right click on the result "mplayer" and select "mark for installation" > then click apply After it's finished you should find mplayer in Applications > sound and video > mplayer - Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
